In Yongnian County, Hebei Province, the police arrested at least 16 Falun Gong practitioners up to July 2, 2008. Among those who were under detention, Ms. Zhang Chunping was inhumane tortured. The police shocked her breast and private body parts with electric batons.

Within 24 hours after the arrest, Ms. Chen Yumei was beaten to death by police on July 4, 2008. In addition, the family has to pay 20,000 yuan medical fee.

Madly Arrest to "Protect the Olympics" in Yongnian County, Hebei Province

The police station of Yongnian County, Handan City, Hebei Province is executing a secret order from higher level. Using "protecting the Olympics" as an excuse, they recently began to madly arrest Falun Gong practitioners. Up to July 2^nd, 2008, at least 16 practitioners have been arrested.

In the morning of May 30^th, 2008, the Domestic Security Team Leader Chen Jushan Yongnian from County Police Department. along with officers from Dabeiwang Police Station, went to search practitioner Ms. Zhang Chunping's home. Later they went to arrest Ms. Zhang in the drugstore where she worked. They also seized a computer, a printer and 2,200 yuan there. Ms. Zhang's husband, who works at the 3rd Middle School, does not practice Falun Gong, but was also threatened by the police.

The police took Ms. Zhang to the office of the Domestic Security Team. They tortured her every night at midnight with inhumane methods. They handcuffed her hands and feet, then two policemen stood on her legs, hit the bottom of her feet with metal sticks, and shocked her face, armpits, breasts, and private body parts with electric batons. They threatened that if she refused to answer their questions, they would use torture her in even more menacing ways. Captain Chen Jushan watched the whole thing. Ms. Zhang resisted with a hunger strike. She was sent to Shijiazhuang City.

Around noon on June 24^th, police from Yongnian County Domestic Security Team and Xiaolongma Township Police Station went to the North Village of Xiaolongma Township and arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Zhuting.

On or about June 24^th, practitioner Ms. Shi Hualing from Xiguozhuang Village was arrested. Police seized several CDs from her home. Ms. Shi's husband Guo Yongzhi (not a Falun Gong practitioner) went to the police station to ask for Ms. Shi and was detained and forced to pay 1,000 yuan.

At around 10am on June 27^th, police from the Yongnian County 610 Office broke into the home of practitioner Mr. Hu Jinshe. They were going to arrest Mr. Hu, but Mr. Hu was not at home.

On June 27^th, police arrested practitioner Ms. Dong Meirong at her home. She was taken to the police station.

At around 11am on June 27^th, the police broke into practitioner Ms. Gao Fenlan's home on Yu Street, Liuying Village. They arrested Ms. Gao's husband, who is not a practitioner. They seized a television, a DVD player, and a satellite receiver. They released Ms. Gao's husband in the afternoon. The family asked the police for their belongings, but the police would not give them back and said that they were keeping them as "evidence". Ten police were involved. They said that the arrest was arranged by Yang Qingshe.

On June 28^th, the police from Yongnian County Domestic Security Team and Hejiedian Police Station arrested two Falun Gong practitioners from Houcao Village.

On June 28^th, Yongnian County Domestic Security Team arrested practitioner Mr. Zhang Shuili.

At around 10am on June 30^th, ordered by Yang Qingshe, the Deputy Chief of Yongnian County Police Department, the Domestic Security Team arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Lingqin, who lives in Houmaying Village. Ms. Guo was taken to the detention center. The police took away six satellite receivers, over 20 high-resolution lenses, a television, a cell phone, a computer, and an MP3 player. Police from Houjiangwu Township Police Station then broke into the home of Ms. Guo's relatives and tried to arrest Ms. Guo's husband, Mr. Wang Manliang. Mr. Wang was forced to run away from home.

Yang Qingshe and Chen Jushan have spread the word that they will not stop until they have arrested all Falun Gong practitioners.

Details about Ms. Chen Yumei Being Beaten to Death by Police in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province (Pictures)

Ms. Chen Yumei's body was cremated on July 6, 2008. She was illegally arrested on the evening of July 3, 2008, and brutally beaten by officers from Chang'an Police Station in Dadong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province until she passed out. She died on the evening of July 4, 2008, at age 48.

Ms. Chen Yumei

Ms. Chen Yumei lived at 223 Wanquan Neighborhood, Pangjiang Street, Dadong District. She and her husband made their living by running a convenience store and watching the neighborhood garage. At around 7:30 p.m. on July 3, 2008, police officers arrested Ms. Chen near her home soon after she left. They punched and kicked her until she passed out on the street. Many bystanders witnessed the brutality.

At around 9:20 p.m. on the same evening, several officers from the Chang'an Police Station came to her home and said that Ms. Chen had passed out and was in the ambulance outside their door. They wanted her family to identify her while she was unconscious.

When her family took her to the hospital, these officers surrounded Ms. Chen's home near the neighborhood garage. Officers prevented other family members from entering or exiting, and ransacked the home. They took a notebook computer, a DVD player, and several thousand yuan in cash.

Ms. Chen Yumei in the hospital after being beaten by police

Ms. Chen was taken to the 463rd Military Hospital. The doctor found severe bleeding in her skull, and said an operation must be performed immediately. After the four-hour operation, she remained unconscious. Her family saw that her arms and legs were covered with bruises, and her body had severe scratches as a result of being dragged on the ground. The doctors said that the marks were caused by being beaten or dragged. They spent 20 hours trying to revive Ms. Chen in vain, and she died at around 8:30 p.m. on July 4, 2008. The distraught family now must pay the 20,000-yuan medical fee.

Ms. Chen's family said that she left home a healthy lady, but died within 24 hours from police brutality. The neighborhood administration gave 100 yuan (about 15 US dollars) to the family on July 5, 2008, as its "gesture."

On July 6, 2008, Chen Yumei's family held her funeral. It was raining, yet many neighbors came to pay their respects. Three police vehicles were parked nearby. One plainclothes officer came to her home and questioned her husband. Her husband questioned the officer, and told him clearly that Ms. Chen Yumei was well known as a kind person who benefited from practicing Falun Gong. That officer soon left.

Her husband later went to the police to ask about the details of Ms. Chen's death. The officers' replies were contradictory, stating two locations of her arrest, one in the Dongsheng Neighborhood, the other in the Jiangdong Neighborhood.

Ms. Chen practiced Falun Gong and strived to live according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, but was brutally mistreated multiple times by the Chinese Communist Party authorities. She was once detained in a brainwashing center in 2002, and went on a hunger strike to protest the torture. Her husband was also sent to a forced labor camp for practicing Falun Gong.

Ever since Ms. Chen was beaten to death, agents have been hiding near her family-owned convenience store and monitoring visiting Falun Gong practitioners.